Auction #20 - June 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/13/2025
No set typifies the 1930's gum card offerings of war and grit and strife more than the R69 Horrors of War set. Issued in 1938, before the United States had entered WWII, the set was printed on sheets of 24 cards with 10 sheets making up the base low number offering. Two sheets or 48 cards made up the high number section for a total of 288 cards. The cards pictured all manner of unspeakable acts from the beginnings of WWII perpetrated by those who would be come the Axis powers of the war.
This uncut sheet from R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War features (20) complete cards and portions of another 10 cards split between the top and bottom. The sheet measures about 16" wide by about 13" tall. The shee has some fading or 'browning' as it were from age but is in VG condition otherwise. Numbers on the cards range from 51 to 72 and it is interesting to see the method of printing on the sheet which shows duplication of numbers including (3) #54 cards. Great piece for the Horrors of War collector and another piece that you rarely see for sale.
R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War Uncut Sheet of (20+) Cards
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